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When children live through a contentious divorce or separation by their parents, the fallout appears to harm their health for decades, even into adulthood, researchers said Monday. The study involved 201 healthy adults who agreed to be quarantined, exposed to a virus that causes the common cold, and monitored for five days. Those whose parents had separated and had not spoken …

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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has put in place adequate measures to ensure full and sustained compliance with the Federal Government’s Executive Order (EO) at airports in the country. The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, (SAN), recently signed three far-reaching orders to ease business, fast track budget submissions and promote made in Nigeria goods. A statement made available to nationalwire …

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NASS Expenditure On Travels, Meals, Generators A Call For Restructuring-Analysts    Having remained a one-liner document shrouded in secrecy for many years, details of the Budget of Nigerian National Assembly goes into public domains this year and while many feel the expenses are outrageous, others see it as a call for political restructuring, writes TAYO OLANIPEKUN.    Some of the …

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TAYO OLANIPEKUN The need for government to improve its investment in the agricultural sector and make farm inputs more accessible to the smallholder farmers has been emphasized. The move is also seen as a way out of famine declared in some parts of the country and to stir the economy away from its present state. Findings by National Wire showed …

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NASS Expenditure On Travels, Meals, Generators A Call For Restructuring-Analysts    Having remained a one-liner document shrouded in secrecy for many years, details of the Budget of Nigerian National Assembly goes into public domains this year and while many feel the expenses are outrageous, others see it as a call for political restructuring, writes TAYO OLANIPEKUN.    Some of the …

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to revoke the registration of about 400 Capital Market Experts or Professionals who do not comply with the directive to provide updated information of their companies/firms by July 31, 2017.   According to a circular from SEC, “any firm whose response is not received within this time frame would be considered inactive and …

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PayU has rolled out strategies to intensify efforts to connect businesses to Nigeria’s online payment market. Annual online payments in Nigeria is estimated to surpass N200 billion this year from N167 billion in 2016. Country Manager of PayU Nigeria, Ms Juliet Nwanguma,  says, “In order to pursue PayU’s aggressive expansion in the online payment market in Nigeria, we have identified businesses …

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Dayo Emmanuel   Nigeria’s former Health Minister, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin is dead. Osotimehin, 68 was also the Executive Director of the United Nations Populations Fund, UNFPA. Osotimehin was a former Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan who was re-appointed Executive Director of UNFPA in 2014, the post he first got appointed to hold in 2010.

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As the Super Eagles of Nigeria prepare to play host to their South African counterparts in the AFCON qualifier scheduled for Uyo stadium, the players are optimistic of payment or their outstanding allowances. Outstanding payments will top the agenda when top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) led by President Amaju Pinnick meet today with the team’s head coach …

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Dayo Emmanuel Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has kicked against the proposed N5 petrol levy. The proposed bill by the Senate has generated concern even as the House of Representatives open public hearing on alleged $17bn stolen crude on Monday 5th June. NUPENG has also called on influential Nigerians to prevail on the leadership of the …

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